Jonah 4:8
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4:8When the sun began to shine, God sent25 a hot26 east wind. So the sun beat down27 on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life,28 and said, “I would rather die than live!”29
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- 25 Or “appointed.” See preceding note on v. .
- 26 The adjective חֲרִישִׁית (kharishit, “autumnal”) is a with an unclear meaning ( 362 חֲרִישִׁי); therefore, the editors propose a conjectural emendation to the adjective חֲרִיפִית (kharifit, “autumnal”) from the noun חֹרֶף (khoref, “autumn”; see 358 חרֶף). However, this emendation would also create a and it would be no more clear than relating the ’s חֲרִישִׁית to I חָרַשׁ (kharash, “to plough” [in autumn harvest]). Heb “autumnal” or “sultry.” The adjective חֲרִישִׁית is a whose meaning is unclear; it might mean “autumnal” (from I חָרַשׁ, kharash; “to plough” [in the autumn harvest-time]), “silent” = “sultry” (from IV. חרשׁ, “to be silent”; 362 חֲרִישִׁי). The form חֲרִישִׁית might be an alternate spelling of חֲרִיסִית (kharisit) from the noun חֶרֶס (kheres, “sun”) and so mean “hot” ( 362 ).
- 27 Heb “attacked” or “smote.”
- 28 Heb “he asked his soul to die.”
- 29 Heb “better my death than my life.” Jonah repeats his assessment, found also in 4:3.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so much that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And when the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head and he grew faint. And he asked that he could die and said, “My death is better than my life!”
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KJV 1900King James Version
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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